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Jeep stuck in mud, Vietnam

Pulling for Forests in Vietnam

March 13, 2020
Jennifer Norfolk
Blog Post
The wheels are spinning, but the vehicle is going nowhere. It’s rainy season in Vietnam, and dirt roads have become rivers of mud. It’s not uncommon...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, ecosystems, forest/forestry, land use, Natural Resource Management, Natural Resources, resilience, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Asia
Forest cover on a mountain in Southeast Asia.

Mekong, Mumbai, and Beyond: Regionally-Developed Tool Expands to Support Global Forest Monitoring

April 10, 2019
Blog Post
A new land cover tool originally developed for southeast Asia is now being expanded globally. “Land cover mapping in the Lower Mekong has been...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity, climate change integration, ecosystems, forest/forestry, indicators, land use, reducing emissions from deforestation & degradation (REDD+), sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Asia
Bika Beel wetlands, Bangladesh

Fishing for Change

February 5, 2019
Erin Hughes
Blog Post
“Do your husbands object to your attending class?” “No, no, no,” say the women. “With a show of hands, how many of you are now earning money?” Nearly...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, climate change integration, ecosystems, gender, land use, rural, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Asia
Photo compilation of USAID's Climate Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) program

Celebrating the Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods Project

October 23, 2018
Winrock International
Blog Post
The Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) project diversified incomes derived from sustainable natural resource management for 360,000...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity, climate change integration, ecosystems, land use, resilience
Geography: 
Asia
A fisher glides past a stand of mangroves in a boat.

Managing Fisheries in the Face of Climate Risk

August 1, 2018
Christine Chumbler
Blog Post
Climate risk management is woven throughout the design of a new USAID/Philippines fisheries protection project, which will improve fisheries productivity and increase the resiliency of fishing communities.
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Keywords: 
biodiversity, Climate Risk Management, coastal, ecosystems, food security, poverty, resilience, rural
Geography: 
Asia
acm feb

Building Resilience at Multiple Scales: Lessons from Nepal

March 5, 2018
Hailey Keuck
Blog Post
Unpredictable monsoons and increasing heavy rainfall events and droughts are wreaking havoc across communities and ecosystems in Nepal. Heavy...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity, disaster, ecosystems, forest/forestry, governance, mitigation, sustainable landscapes, water
Geography: 
Asia
Kathmandu, Nepal

A New Tool for Better Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Planning

September 13, 2017
Anika Terton
Blog Post
The densely forested and richly biodiverse Panchase area of Western Nepal is vulnerable to climate change--from the drying of water sources to...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, biodiversity, ecosystems, evaluation, forest/forestry, Monitoring & Evaluation, resilience
Geography: 
Asia, Global